Morellia nilotica ( Loew, 1856 )

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of species, Zootaxa 4869 (1), pp. 1-54 : 9-10

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scientific name	Morellia nilotica ( Loew, 1856 )
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Morellia nilotica ( Loew, 1856) View in CoL ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE )

Cyrtoneura nilotica Loew, 1856: 48 View in CoL .

Specimens examined. 2m, Jazan, Fifa, Al-Tatweer Centre, 5–26.i.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. New to Saudi Arabia. It was described from Egypt. In the Middle East it has been recorded from Lebanon ( Pont 1980).

References

Loew, H. (1856) Neue Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dipteren. Vierter Beitrag Programm Koniglichen Realschule zu Meseritz, 1856, 1 - 57.

Pont, A. C. (1980) 85 Family Muscidae. In: Crosskey, R. W. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 721 - 761.

FIGURE. 2–5. Muscidae species habitus: 2) Morellia nilotica (Loew, 1856), Male; 3) Musca (Byomya) biseta Hough, 1898, Male; 4. Musca (Byomya) conducens Walker, 1859, Female; 5. Musca (Byomya) confiscata Speiser, 1924, Male.